Carbureter.



PATBNTBD MAY 2 8 M. LOBWBNSEIN.

CARBURETER. APPLICATION FILED A1P1L11. 1905.

| l l l TED STATES A lENT OFFTOE.

IvIAXIiIILn-IN LonwnNsTnIN, or BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AsSIeNon orTvvoretiens 'ro JoNiis sronrr, or BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AND MAURICE KIND,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARBURETER.

Speccation of Letters l'atent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application *filed pril 11, 1905. Serial ND- 255.014

T0 all whom it may concern/t v Be it known that I, MAXMILIAN LOEWEN-STEIN, la subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Brussels, in theKingdom of Belgium, have invented certain neT and useful Improvements inOarbureters and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to improvements in carbureters, and the object ofmy invention is toproduce a simple and cheap device of this characterand one in which the regulation of the carbureted air produced may beefficiently and easily accomplished. I

In the accompanying drawings, the figure represents a side elevationpartly in section of my improved carburetor with a gasometer connectedthereto., v

a represents a gasometer of any usual or preferred construction, whichis connected by a pipe Zi, provided with a stop cock o, with thegenerator d.

e represents coarse wire netting covered with wicking or any othersuitable pervious material such as flannel, cloth, or similarsubstances.- In fact any absorbentpervious material can be used. Thispart e is inl the form of a cylinderl open at both ends with a strip ofwicking or similar material Wound around it, whereby the wire netting isentirely concealed, said wire netting serving simply as a support. Thishollow cylinder ol wdr-e usually rests loosely on the bottom or' thegenerator casing, butif desired it can be fastened there to in anysuitable way. l/Vitln in said hollow cylinder are a number of smallercylinders similarly made and arrange-d concentrically. within the firstnamed cylinder; instead of a cylinder, itis obvious that the parts e maybe of any desired sl ape.

Between the parts e are preferably located screens f, made for exampleof wire gauze. These screens are preferably made of the same shape asthe parts e and interposed be tween them for the purpose of alwayskeeping the parts e out of contact with each other. These screens f maybe omitted, if desired.

Inside the innermost part e is left a large l Q en space in Which islocated a bag g made of any suitable material, having its top closed andits bottom open, and tightly packed with sponge or similar absorbentmaterial. This bag may be made of any suitable substance,

such as burlap or strong cloth, but in prac.v

tice I have obtained excellent results from a bag made of .wicks Woventogether.

ZL represents a pipe passing in through the top of the generator d,having its lower endv open and preferably located above the'bag g.Through this pipe any desired carbureting liquid, is introduced into thegenerator.

Outside of the generator this pipe is provided i with a valve i of anydesired construction `and an enlargement j into which a considerableportion of the-li uid may be poured and kept ready for use. his enlargedportion or small storage tank is-adapted to be closed by a screw cap c,by removing which the refv eeptacle j may be easily filled. Saidreceptacle is preferably provided with a gage glass' Z so that it may bereadily determined how much liquidis contained in said receptacle.

m represents a pipe through which air is.

forced into the generator. This pipe is in practice connected with anysuitable means,y such as a fan driven by clock Work, Afor f orcing airinto the generating casing d. This pipe is provided with an ordinaryvalve fn.

Within the casing d the pipe m is bent so as to pass downwardly almostto the bottom thereof and preferably at or near its center.

The lower end thereof is preferably open and` may be provided withperforations o, or if desired the lower end of the pipe may be. closedand provided with perforations like the oerforations o. 1

T .e bag g containing the VSponges fits closely around thepipe m and itslower open end rests on the bottom of the easing d. The

liquid supplied to the interior of this easing l' should never reach upabove the bottom of this pipe, as this would tend to cause thel air,which passes through the liquid, to produce bubbles, which are alwaysdetrimental to the quick formation of earbureted air. i

he casing d is also provided With a gage.

glass p so that by inspection it maybe read;

roo

ily determined how much liquid there is in said casing. v

At the top of the casing d is located an extension g which is packedwith sponge vor simi# lar substances, said sponge being held vin placeby the perforated `base plate 1. This device acts as a lter and at thesame time l cle s.

causes a thorou h mixture of the air and volatilized liqui I. Thisfilter, however, is not strictly necessary, but may be omitted ifdesired To the upper 'part lof `this filter is connected one end of thepipe b.

In the upper part of the generator d is located a trough or receptacle sshown as annularbut the shape thereof is not material. A gage glass tisprovided, which shows the llelght of the liquid in this trough orrecepta- When the apparatus isstarted in operation this trough is lilledby means of the pipe u whichv isv closed by the screw cap Vv. A numberof bent tubes w, each provided with .a- Wick therein and each of whichmay also be provided with a stop cockv if desire d, pass from thetrough. sf toward the center of the apparatus. These tubes are securedtoa ring or frame-Work a: which has two. or more arms which pass throughbearings 1n the top of the casing and which arms are secured to a ring zloosely mounted on the pipe b. A

the absorbent materia 3, which insures a lcord l passes over a pulley 2and is connected to said ring,1by means of Which cord the` frame-workaf:l carrying the pipes w can be lifted up out of the liquid containedvin the trough .8. When these pipes arein the position shown in thedrawing, the liquid in the trough s is slowly absorbed by the wickingand drops down i'n the interior upon the ab-A sorbent material; 3lvwhich is held in place byv the perforated screens 4. In 'this waytheair that is forced in through the pipe m is caused. to pass not onlythrough the absorbent material inthe ba g, but also through very .rapidandefficientvolatilization of the Huid. l

, Having thus described my invention, I claim j 'v v a carbureter, thecombination of. a casing, screens inclosing a pervious material 'anddividing saidcasing into two parts, an

4means in said casing, one of said means dividing said casing into twoparts, means for 55 supplying air .to saidcasing, means forsupplying avolatilizable liquid to each of said carbureters, and means fordiscontinuing the supply of volatilizable liquid to one of saidcarbureters," thereby throwing it out of operas` `6o tion, substantiallyas described.

In a carbureter,the combination .of a casing, a layer of perviousmaterial dividing said casing into two parts, screens for holding saidpervious material in place, an air inlet 65 tube passing into saidcasing and through said screens, a trough located above said perviousmaterial, a plurality of siphons entering said trough and provided -withwicks, an adjustablev frame supporting said siphons, 7o means forraising and lowering said. frame, a bag of loosely woven material filledwith pervious material surrounding the lower end of said air pipe,aplurality of screens covered by wicking surrounding said bag, and afiller 75 for the outflowing gas, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAXMILIAN LoEwENsTEIN.

